Rebirth: A Cinderella's Counterattack

Chapter 1327: Chapter 1307: Poisonous Beast Bamboo Leaf Green

”Right now, I just feel that you can’t judge a person by their appearance.” Yann Yao took a deep breath and flashed a wry smile at Huangfu Yihui, originally thinking his brother’s companions were just hangers-on.

Turns out they stepped in to help when needed, and even when they had fallen on hard times, they remained unchanged, staying as they were, neither currying favor due to the prince’s identity nor leaving when that status was lost.

But... don’t judge a book by its cover?

Yan and Luo Qianqian? Neither of them have bad looks, right?

With a gentle sigh, Huangfu Yihui chuckled, ”It seems we might actually rule Southern Li someday.” Though his expression didn’t show much enthusiasm.

Yann Yao also smiled.

It’s just unfortunate that the brothers’ ambitions don’t lie there.

”Shiqi, look, this is the legendary Poisonous Beast. It’s been fed with various toxins since childhood. One bite, and there’s no cure—my brother can’t antidote it either. Keep it, and no other insects will dare bite you. I’ll give it to you.” Mo brought out a small bamboo tube, and Luo Qianqian watched as a three-inch-long Bamboo Leaf Green slowly crawled out, leaping three feet high, and rushed away.

Oh God, please take away Yue Zhimo!!!

”Big Brother, you saw it, I genuinely tried to befriend her, but she just ignored me and ran off.” Watching the diminishing figure, Mo rolled his eyes in frustration, ”This is one of my most precious treasures, you know?”

”When will you change your bizarre sense of humor?” Yan looked helplessly at Mo, then directed his gaze toward the distant Luo Qianqian, speeding up to catch her.

”Shiqi.” He caught the still sprinting Luo Qianqian, wearing an apologetic expression.

Seeing a familiar face, Luo Qianqian tensely glanced behind him several times, then managed a wry smile, ”Is he really your own brother? Not someone disguised with a human skin mask?” she said, hugging her arms and rubbing them repeatedly, looking all aggrieved.

”Uh...” Yan didn’t know how to refute Luo Qianqian for a moment, after all, Mo being his brother is undeniable, and a human skin mask... can cover the face but not the eyes. Those eyes are the best proof: ”No one can impersonate him.”

”Can you advise him to go home, please...” Bringing someone like him into the Nine Heavens Pavilion, isn’t it just causing trouble for your brother?

If that thing escapes, the entire mountain would need to hide, just imagine if you got bitten, how terrible would that be?

And most importantly, there’s no cure.

It’s scarier than getting a sudden illness or even a terminal disease, you know? It’s even more frightening than Paraquat.

At least Paraquat gives you time to regret, although not the chance. This little thing doesn’t even give you time.

If giving advice worked, Mo would have left long ago.

With a gentle sigh, Yan reached out to ruffle Luo Qianqian’s hair: ”Thank you, but he won’t listen to me.” He messed up Luo Qianqian’s hair, making it very untidy, then laughed: ”Actually, he’s not that bad. He’s quite a good person, and he won’t hurt you...”

Moreover, if the allure of that red insignia wasn’t strong, why else would Yue Zhimo come from afar?

”If I die... please return my body to the Nine Heavens Pavilion. My brother will reward you,” Luo Qianqian joked bitterly, genuinely doubting if she would survive long enough to return to the Nine Heavens Pavilion. She couldn’t take Yan’s words at face value; she even suspected if Mo was the darker side of Yan, since Yan’s way of handling things was completely different from his.

Even their reputations were distinctly opposing: one saves, the other harms...

”What are you talking about?” Mo had already come close, draping an arm around Yan’s shoulder, flashing a crooked smile: ”You wouldn’t be bad-mouthing me, right?”

Luo Qianqian shivered and jumped away again, sincerely suspecting if this keeps up, her heart will end up stronger than any artificial one, and her jumping skills would improve greatly too. This person’s presence seriously challenges her survival limits.

”Feeling guilty?” Mo looked at Luo Qianqian in surprise. Wasn’t his little Green adorable? It can’t be because of little Green, it must be because she was bad-mouthing him earlier, hence the guilty reaction, definitely.

Yan pushed the arm off his shoulder, calmly looking at Mo: ”What bad things could people say about you?”

Mo seemed to entirely agree, nodding and instinctively striking a pose.

”That’s true; I’m so handsome and perfect. What could you possibly say about me? Hey, hey... don’t go!”

Huangfu Yihui, who was following the trio, frowned: ”Big Brother, something feels off.”

”What’s wrong?” Yann Yao questioned him in confusion.

”Yue Zhimo is targeting Shiqi, not looking for Yan.” Huangfu Yihui pondered a moment before slowly speaking: ”Besides, the look he gives Shiqi has a determined, must-have air...”

Yann Yao paused, glancing at the pursuing trio, thoughtful for a moment, then nodded slightly, with a hint of amusement: ”Maybe it’s a brotherly rivalry. You want what I have; didn’t you used to do the same thing?”

Just because of a good horse, he pestered for three days and nights, never even separating during sleep or bathroom breaks.

In the end, Yann Yao couldn’t take it anymore and gave it to him. And then? After only a few days, he returned it, complaining it was boring with no one to compete against...

Huangfu Yihui recalled his childhood, embarrassment creeping into his demeanor, realizing he too was quite unreasonable back then.

But Luo Qianqian is a person; can she be fought over?

People have their own judgments and emotions.

More importantly, he remembered Tang Tianyi, and even recalled the interactions between Luo Qianqian and Tang Tianyi, obviously there was profound emotion in their eyes, so why... why in the end did one forget the other and the other one disappeared?

The chase persisted all the way onto the Flying Chicken, and under Yan’s warning, Mo promised not to use little Green to scare her anymore.

It was also thanks to this promise that Luo Qianqian allowed Mo to share the same compartment, otherwise she would have resolutely insisted on Mo getting a separate one, her expression full of reluctance.

”Wow, I’m so nice to you, yet you aren’t grateful.” Mo lamented, looking at Luo Qianqian sitting farthest from him in the compartment, shaking his head helplessly.

What he said was indeed true; being raised as a Poisonous Beast, the Bamboo Leaf Green was far more venomous compared to ordinary ones. The ordinary ones you might still have time to sever a limb, but the Poisonous Beast Bamboo Leaf Green doesn’t even give you time for that.

Luo Qianqian was still there, vigilant, the kind of generosity Mo offered she absolutely did not want.

Why would she, in good spirits, court trouble?

And insist on associating with snakes?